This article is from page 8 of the 2013-05-21 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 8 JPG
THE town of Kilrush is back in the national eye, one week after it hosted the National Famine Commemoration, as it has been shortlisted for Best Kept Tidy Town in Ireland.
The Heritage town is one of just four nationally in the final stage of the competition.
Chairman of Kilrush Tidy Town Committee Paul Edson said that winning the award would be “a great stepping stone for the national Tidy Town Awards”.
Mr Edson said that while the town has never looked as good there are still some contentious areas that need addressing. He explained that the town could not become complaisant. Boundary walls in areas such as Pella Road, O’Gorman Street, Grey Street, and St Senan’s Terace needed to be addressed he said.
The Tidy Town’s committee is tak- ing the issue in hand by going door to door to residence and offering to help them to paint their wall if they wish to take on the project.
In what is likely to be the last every report to Kilrush Town Council the Tidy Town’s chairman said, “This might be our last ever meeting with the town council so we want to achieve as much as possible in the next 13 months.”
The council contributes € 4,000 to the Tidy Town fund.
Mr Edson fears that such funding will not be available from the amalgamated Clare County Council.
He said the Tidy Towns also want to concentrate on Francis Street, the largest and widest street in the town.
“It is like a beautiful around a painting that is not completed,” said Mr Edson.
He said the committee were seeking extra funding to put a three tier planter and hanging baskets for the street.